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THE WESTFIELD LEADER o >-1- - The Leading and Most Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper In Union County <t -> a: fi "Z. « < •-on USPS 680(120 Published NINE' NO 20 Second CIIM Postage Paid WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, DLCF.MHER 16, 1982 Every Thuriday " UJ £ '*• - •I Weilfield. N. J. 28 Pages—25 Cents _l t- ) e Would End Parking Springfield Mall Paralysis" by 4-Pt. Plan A combination of meter Stone comments; all one hour meters in the hour, employees in the changes in the central "Study, study, study! If CBD core to two hour CBD would be discouraged business district, use of the the Town Council followed meters. This will give from "feeding" meters for Testimony Ends Elm St. field as a parking a recommendation made shoppers enough time to eight or nine hours per Eleven months of testi- by a member of the make their purchases but, day! blems on Route 22 and on ness of the mall's main en- traffic. Therefore, stop-- or leaving the site. lot for employees in the mony on the Springfield The final hearing before downtown section and a Chamber of Commerce at if they wish, they can "3. The Town Council Springfield Ave. "In light trances to accommodate and-go traffic would cause mall proposal ended las! of the safely conditions and traffic flow at the site. jams on both Route 22 and the board was devoted to non-binding referendum on last week's public council deposit more money for should, with permission of week in two days of back- meeting, nothing might another hour if they care to the deficiences in the ac- Having made his own traf- Springfield Ave. with ac- summations by the at- construction of tiered park- the Board of Education to-back hearings before (lie torneys who had presented ing on the Citgo lot was ever get done about the spend additional time from whom it leases the cess road system, I do not fic counts in the area, Ney companying accidents and Springfield Planning think this (the mall) is an found that existing traffic back ups. Ney does not see witnesses on the mall pro- suggested today by Third Central Bsuiness District's shopping or browsing. Elm Street Softball field, Board. Board chairman parking problem. Make no appropriate proposal for was likely to increase at a the possibility of improve- posal. Charles Brandt, Ward Councilman Ray- "2. Increase the hourly construct a paved, permit Azeglio Pancani scheduled VVestfield's town attorney, mond W. Stone as a possi- mistake, the CBD has a rate for the shoppers' parking lot for CBD the site." Ney said. rate of 2% a year, in- ment to the interchange last night for a board vote Thr; major points of dif- dicating that the amount of because all the land in the referred to testimony by ble solution to the CBD's parking problem but I sub- meters (the two hour employees (no com- on the developers' applica- 1 mit that more studies will ference between Keyes' traffic around the site area is already owned and Robert McMillen, West- parking problem. meters referred to above) muters ) and charge a mon- tion for the zoning change field's traffic expert, and not solve the problem. to twenty five cents per thly permit rate equal to report and Ney's analysis would be greater than developed by other in- At the same time, Stone which would allow develop- loeused in three areas: the Keyes had estimated. terests. to statements made by deplored more studies, What is needed now is ac- hour. This is a trifling the "Citco" permit lot. ment of a shopping center tion! I recommend the estimates of existing traf- Ney found serious defi- Ney also deemed the pro- Harvey Moskowitz, Cran- calling for action, not amount for shoppers who This will provide CBD on the 52-acre site at Route ford's planning expert. following four-point pro- might spend any amount of employees with guar- fic on the access roads, the ciencies in the interchange posed entrances at Dundar "paralysis" on the parking 22 and Springfield Ave. Its ability of the Route Brandt asked that the issue. gram to bring that action: money making purchases anteed long term park- at Springfield Avenue, say- Road and from Route 22 decision was too late for 22-Springfield Ave. inter- ing that the radius of exit via the proposed flyover to board consider the In a letter to the Leader, "1. Immediately change but at twenty five cents per ing at a reasonable Leader deadline. "regional impact" of the rate and in near proximity change to handle increased ramps was much too small be inadequate to handle the General Growth, Inc. — traffic, and the effective- to safely accommodate estimated traffic entering mall proposal which those to their places of business. two witnesses had describ- The use of Elm Street field a development corporation ed in terms of traffic im- Drinks, Drugs for Underaged for recreation is an in- representing Bambergers nd pact and economic impact. conceivable waste of the a Alexanders depart- Saying that the present taxpayers' money. The ment stores - has owned tne Slte for niore tnan 10 zoning (light industrial/- town has adequate sites office use) would have the Focus of Leaders' Plea elsewhere in town, away years in hopes of construe- least impact on the from the CBD, for Softball ting Union County's first the problem of alcohol and children. surrounding area, Brandt A plea to parents in this fields and the pressing enclosed mall. The 1982 reminded the board that community not to permit other substance abuse that ' 'Each of us has to say no need for employee parking proposal set off a storm of is headlined in newspapers to our young people to help "you have no obligation to their children or under- must take precedence over protest from Springfield change this zoning simply aged guests to drink across the country. protect them from trag- recreational needs in the residents and from sur- edies related to alcohol or because the developer alcohol or use drugs in Noting the problem also CBD. rounding municipalities wants it — no obligation to exists in Westfield, the let- drug use. who fear the detrimental their homes was issued this {Continued last page, this section) maximize his profit." week by nine community ter states, in part: "...do (Continued last page, this section) impact of such develop- leaders. not permit your underage ment on the area. Last Brandt listed the many In a special mailing to children or their guests to Council's Final 1982 Session week's concluding municipalities and parents, timed to be de- use alcoholic beverages in testimony was presented organizations in the af- livered during Drunken your home. It's that sim- by the Planning Board at- fected area who have pass- • and Drugged Driver ple. Tuesday Night torney, Bruce Pitman, who ed resolutions opposed to Awareness Week as pro- "Kids are counting on brought Henry Ney of the the mall development. claimed by Governor you for love, leadership Routine business is ex- when Mayor-elect Ronald AbbingtonN'ey traffic Westfield was the first on a : Kean, 2,641 letters were and support. Other parents pected to fill the agenda at Frigerio will succeed engineering firm to the list that included a resolu- •^delivered to the post office are counting on you not to Tuesday night's 8:30 p.m. Mayor Allen Chin and stand: Ney \w\s retained by tion from the Union County on"Friday".' permit drinks or drug use public session of the Town Councilman-elect Brian the board to j^repare an In- Board of Freeholders and a f The appeal asks parents in your home by your Council as the present town Fahey will succeed Coun- dependent evaluation of letter i'n opposition from to be part of the solution to children or by their elected officials conclude cilman Clifford Sheehan as traffic impact of the mall. the Union County Traffic the 1982 year. fourth ward councilman. He reviewed the traffic Peg Wilson, Mary Post and Regina Picut, volunteers for the United Way of Moun- Advisory Board. "There Contractual 1983 salaries Florist licenses are ex- study presented earlier by tainside, during a recent telethon. has been an overwhelming for members of the Police pected to be granted to Raymond Keyes, the grounds well of opposition Department, Public Works Drug Fair and Flower developers' expert Mountainside United Fund both in Springfield and out- hourly personnel and en- Basket Florist, a raffle witness. side of it," said Brandt, in gineering personnel, 1982 license to Westfield Boys' Disagreeing with Keyes' urging the board not to clothing allowances for fire Wrestling League and take a "parochial view." department volunteers, in- view that the mall would At 50% of Goal three bingo licenses to present "no significant" Focusing on the vestments by the treasurer Holy Trinity. Counseling Service, United and contracts for snow and traffic problems, Ney con- The United Way of Moun- designated for the Moun- legalities concerned in cluded that the mall "as tainside held a "telethon" tainside Rescue Squad. Cerebral Palsy League of making a zoning change as ice control materials will Union County, Association be approved. School Board To proposed, cannot safely fund campaign recently to Other agencies who will proposed by the developer, accommodate traffic benefit from the fund drive for the advancement of the Paul Williams, the counsel The installation of two remind residents of the Meet Tuesday under average conditions needs of the agencies sup- include the Mental Health Mentally Handicapped, for Springfield's "Stop the fire hydrants on Lamberts and certainly not during ported by the fund.